DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/31/2004 Duedate: 06/12/2004 VALAMANTIS ARENA DM-62 TURN-333 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BET OR NOT DIE SRETSAMLEUD (407) (62-3981) [12-10-2,119] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader BET OR NOT DIE TRAIN SRETSAMLEUD (407) PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) (62-3981) [12-10-2,119] (62-4114) [3-2-1,43] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite YOU RUMPLESTILTSKIN SRETSAMLEUD (407) GRIMM WARRIORS (419) (62-4002) [13-7-1,78] (62-4134) [0-1-0,1] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SRETSAMLEUD (407) 45 2. GRIMM WARRIORS (419) 12 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 3. MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 11 Unchartered Team 4. PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) 7 5. THE BOLT (378) 0 PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 34 21 2 61.8 1/ 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) 9 6 1 2/ 2 THE BEARS (268) 273 222 19 55.2 2/ 1 SRETSAMLEUD (407) 7 7 1 3/ 3 SRETSAMLEUD (407) 61 50 6 55.0 3/ 2 THE BEARS (268) 5 3 0 4/ 1*PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) 5 5 2 50.0 4- 4 THE BOLT (378) 2 0 0 5/ 0*GRIMM WARRIORS (419) 1 1 0 50.0 5/ 0*GRIMM WARRIORS (419) 1 1 0 6- 5 THE BOLT (378) 40 45 3 47.1 6/ 3*PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) 1 5 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Greetings, Warriors of VALAMANTIS. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. The boys at SRETSAMLEUD left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by MIDDLE WAY 10. Good show! Practice pays for DOC FELLE, who pummelled FRATSFA SLAVE, to pocket 11 points. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, DANGEROUS CRIMINAL was winsome, after beating BENSI DURN and seeing her lose 4 points. The Duelmaster is dead. Long live the next one. SRETSAMLEUD is ecstatic as BET OR NOT DIE becomes top dog. Word has it one team in VALAMANTIS is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works. So much to report, so little time! Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so did the "warriors" in VALAMANTIS avoid SRETSAMLEUD. As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE BEARS, so did that sorry team shy from SRETSAMLEUD If challenges were horses, BUS could open up a fast food joint! Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors. Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor. Leave me now, you base fools! More important duties call me. VALAMANTIS, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Wasteland Bar. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BET OR NOT DIE 3981 12 10 2 119 SRETSAMLEUD (407) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BETTER NOT DIE 3982 13 9 0 82 SRETSAMLEUD (407) CRYSALIS 3980 16 7 2 81 SRETSAMLEUD (407) YOU 4002 13 7 1 78 SRETSAMLEUD (407) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHIP ENSER 4140 8 3 1 63 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) ALTA CHESS 4137 8 3 0 59 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -JACOB 3866 7 3 0 53 THE BOLT (378) DOC FELLE 4139 7 4 1 48 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) BENSI DURN 4141 8 3 0 44 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) TRAIN 4114 3 2 1 43 PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TRAIN WRECK 4121 2 0 0 26 THE BEARS (268) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BUS 4115 2 3 1 23 PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) EB GOLLU 4138 3 8 0 17 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) GINGER BREAD MAN 4136 1 0 0 11 GRIMM WARRIORS (419) TOO GOOD 4131 1 0 0 5 THE BEARS (268) -LARGE MARGE 4070 1 1 0 4 THE BOLT (378) DUEL 2 4129 0 2 0 2 SRETSAMLEUD (407) RUMPLESTILTSKIN 4134 0 1 0 1 GRIMM WARRIORS (419) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? FRATSFA SLAVE 7 0 1 0 1 DOC FELLE 4139 333 NONE THE BUM 3918 11 5 0 THE BEARS 268 BET OR NOT DIE 3981 333 FTF 4120 0 2 0 SRETSAMLEUD 407 BUS 4115 330 JUST REV PERSONAL ADS 6 May 2004 DEATH FEST The ferocious ghosts of former glories whispered across the wind swept sands of DM 59; agonizing incessantly due to the diminutive demise of the Delarq arena known as Illis. Tattered banners and forgotten memories wailed in the wind for a dynamic death march to dawn once more upon the blood stained sands of the Delarq slow arena. The distant call crying for a declaration of restoration amidst the ruin of the all but forgotten Delarq arena carried to the far corners of Alastari; drawing the Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging to cross blades and wage warfare among an assemblage of new stables managed by the Known and Unknown; willing to spill fresh blood, while carving their destiny during 15 Rounds of contest driven combat to be known as the "Illis Incredibly Diabolical Delarq Death Fest". A lone cloaked figure huddled by lamplight in a remote outpost near the crossroads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen; feverishly formulating the foundational framework for the dawning of the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59, complete with Gladiatorial Commission sanctioned prizes to promote the growing thirst for a Delarq Slow Arena Death Festival. Delarq Death Fest Opening Round debuts the first turn immediately following the Summer 2004 F2F Tourney and continues through the completion of 15 consecutive rounds. Death Fest points are Won or Lost ONLY in the DM 59 Delarq Slow Arena [Tourneys DO NOT Add or Subtract from the Death Fest Point Scoring System]: Death Fest Scoring Format: Win =3D +2 pts Loss =3D -1 pt Kill =3D +5 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win] Death =3D -3 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss] Dark Arena Kill =3D +10 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win] Dark Arena Death =3D -5 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss] Revenged Blood Feud =3D +5 pts [successful Revenged Blood Feud provides Death Fest contestants the opportunity to cancel out 3 pts for Death and 1 pt for Loss; while gaining +1 pt overall for the Revenged Blood Feud in addition to the +2 pts for Win] DEATH FEST PRIZES will be awarded to the Top Ten Death Fest Stables on the basis of Total Points*** accumulated during the 15 rounds of competition as follows: 1. Favorite Weapon Knowledge for 1 (one) warrior ranked Initiate or higher on the Final Round to be revealed by RSI to each of the Top Ten Death Fest Stables 2. Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters and NPCs [yet to be determined according to how many DA Monsters and NPCs are available in DM 59 for Renaming] 3. The Top Five Death Fest Stables will receive New Team Rollup Certificates as follows: 1st (10), 2nd (8), 3rd (6), 4th (4) and 5th (2) 4. Renaming Illis Arena for 6 months plus Receiving 6 months Free Play courtesy of RSI will be awarded to the manager of the 1st Place Death Fest Stable 5. Discussions are underway regarding a possible Special Award granted to the Illis Iron Stable qualifiers who compete in 67 of a possible 75 fights during the course of the 15 consecutive rounds of the Death Fest [Key Factor is How Many (?) stables will be competing in the Death Fest without drawing away participation by current managers in the remaining slow arenas!] Therefore, it is important for all managers entering stables in DM 59 for the upcoming Death Fest to contact RSI as soon as possible regarding their participation in this contest so that a Final Ruling on the proposed Illis Iron Stable Award can be issued by RSI. ***TieBreaker is determined on the Final Round by the DM 59 Newsletter Recognition Rankings. The stable with the Highest Ranked Active Gladiator is granted the decision. [Example: Warrior A and Warrior B are both listed in the Recognition Rankings with 87 pts; however, because Warrior A is listed in the Recognition Rankings ahead of Warrior B, then Warrior A is granted the TieBreaker Decision for His/Her stable!] Opening Round Team Spotlight Bonus [minimum 15 paragraphs!] Each Delarq Death Fest competitor who writes a Team Spotlight featuring their Stable (Name) and Managerial Alias [Gladiatorial Names Optional] in regards to competing in the Delarq Death Fest will receive 25 pts added to His/Her opening round score. Illis Iron Stable Bonus [in addition to the proposed award awaiting RSI approval!] Any manager whose stable competes in at least 67 of the possible 75 fights during the 15 rounds of Death Fest receives 25 points added to His/Her final overall score [this allows each stable the cushion of missing one round of competition; plus up to 3 additional fights due to waiting for replacement rollups from Deaths suffered either in Tourneys or during the Death Fest contest in DM 59 over the course of 15 rounds of competition!] Delarq Death Fest Hosted by Hammer [Who Else?] 25 May 2004 TEN TURNS OF HELL: The KLK Capture The Flag Competition In the spirit of the ongoing effort to make arena play what it used to be (FUN!!), I am proud to announce the KLK Capture The Flag Competition. The competition will be held in Jhans (DM-36, which has, by the way, grown in size equal to Talcama already). :) We are announcing this contest early to allow managers time to prep. Rules: -- On turn 462 (due 8/4/04) the lowest ranked warrior on your team is given your team's 'flag' (he is your initial flag defender). -- Starting on turn 463 (due 8/18/04) flags will be defended every turn and turn 463 is the turn scoring will begin. -- Fights involving flags are winners-take-all and a warrior can carry as many flags as he can win. -- If a warrior holding a flag either A) goes inactive, B) loses to a stand-by warrior or C) gets DA'd, he forfeits all flags he has and they are returned the their original team's lowest ranked warrior. -- If you hold your own flag on an inactive warrior you receive NO POINTS that turn. -- If a warrior graduates to AD holding flags starting on the next turn those flags will be defended by the lowest ranked warrior on the team of the graduating warrior. -- Scoring as follows for each turn: 2 pts -- possession of your own team flag 1 pt -- possession any other flag 1 pt -- for each win 1 pt -- for each kill 1 pt -- for each award you receive in the newsletter -- You may enter as many teams as you like (per RSI rules) but each team is its own entry. -- Tie-Breaker goes to the team that had the most points from flags. -- If still tied the tie-breaker will be the team that had the most points from kills. (It's the Delarq way.) -- The contest lasts 10 turns and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (based on highest point totals) Prizes: (what you've been waiting on) 1st -- 3 know favorites potions* DA warrior named after winning manager 2nd -- 2 know favorites potions* 3rd -- 1 know favorites potion* * These are full favorite potions (weapon, rhythms and tactics) and can only be used on warriors with at least 4 FE. How's that for paying out? (grin) Even if you think that it's all about the TC, these prizes should be enough to draw you in. (You know who you are.) I hope to see friend and foe alike come to Jhans. Legion, Froths, and all the others...this is your personal invite. Can you win? Can you survive 10 turns of Hell in Jhans? Note: Special thanks to RSI for helping make this contest possible. Thanks guys! Bookie KLK Alliance Director Jhans' Board of Tourism Warden of the Froth Circle (grin) D.R.C. 4 Life LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CRYSALIS devastated BUS in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight. THE BUM was murdered by BET OR NOT DIE in a 1 minute gory one-sided Title melee. YOU viciously subdued ALTA CHESS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory brawl. CHIP ENSER narrowly defeated TRAIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match. BENSI DURN slimly lost to DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a popular 3 minute duel. DOC FELLE butchered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched match. EB GOLLU was handily defeated by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven fight. DUEL 2 was vanquished by GINGER BREAD MAN in a 1 minute uneven duel. RUMPLESTILTSKIN was unbelievably bested by TOO GOOD in a 3 minute beginner's fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 - 1 100 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 53 - 36 - 2 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 13 - 1 52 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 5 - 0 44 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 12 - 2 37 | |AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 - 1 25 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 7 - 0 22 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 333 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are: WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 7 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK BET OR NOT DIE 3981 12 10 2 119 SRETSAMLEUD (407) SLASHING ATTACK ALTA CHESS 4137 8 3 0 59 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) WALL OF STEEL DOC FELLE 4139 7 4 1 48 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) TOTAL PARRY BENSI DURN 4141 8 3 0 44 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420) BASHING ATTACK TRAIN 4114 3 2 1 43 PUBLIC TRANSIT (418) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is YOU 4002. The most popular warrior this turn was RUMPLESTILTSKIN 4134. The ten other most popular fighters were YOU 4002, CRYSALIS 3980, CHIP ENSER 4140, BET OR NOT DIE 3981, BUS 4115, THE BUM 3918, TRAIN 4114, DOC FELLE 4139, GINGER BREAD MAN 4136, and TOO GOOD 4131. The least popular fighter this week was DUEL 2 4129. The other ten least popular fighters were EB GOLLU 4138, BENSI DURN 4141, ALTA CHESS 4137, TOO GOOD 4131, GINGER BREAD MAN 4136, DOC FELLE 4139, TRAIN 4114, THE BUM 3918, BUS 4115, and BET OR NOT DIE 3981. MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXVII PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME 5 2979 (97-67-4) 5 3 0 NUMBERS THE DRAGON 2505 (114-93-5) 5 3 0 SAVAGE CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME PARTING THE SILK 3015 (78-64-3) 2 3 0 THE ONENESS ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME OX MULDER 3121 (35-21-0) 4 3 0 THE BEARS CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME MANAGER 3392 (10-4-0) 6 3 0 SUPERIOR DOA LHI 3361 (11-6-1) 3 3 0 DEAD SUPERIOR DOA MADE A COMBO 3896 (8-6-0) 2 3 0 WON AT POOL THE BUM 3918 (9-4-0) 1 3 0 THE BEARS ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BET OR NOT DIE 3981 (9-9-1) 7 3 1 SRETSAMLEUD VICIOUS THRILL 3885 (3-5-1) 3 3 1 FLAGG'S DEVASTATORS YOU 4002 (9-7-1) 3 3 0 SRETSAMLEUD INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SAVAGE 4076 (5-2-1) 3 3 0 THE BEARS ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME NAVY SEAL 4117 (0-0-0) 5 3 1 THE BEARS MASTER SERGEANT 4116 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 THE BEARS STUART SMALLEY 4097 (0-0-0) 1 1 0 DEAD SENSITIVE GUYS SHADOWGATE 4082 (0-0-0) 1 2 0 DEAD SUPERIOR DOA TRAIN WRECK 4121 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 THE BEARS ELIGIBLES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THE ETERNAL PLEDGE 2931 (38-26-0) 0 3 0 LEGENDS OF TKE ADM FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME LIL NOIR 3311 (12-6-1) 2 3 0 ENIGMA CHALLENGERS FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME DAWNRACER 3699 (19-11-1) 3 3 0 MITHRAL HALO APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME RACE STEELE 3590 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 H.W.A. ROOKIES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CRAIG 4096 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 SENSITIVE GUYS